.cs2663CC92{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt} .cs566403DE{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; } Increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy are the most important actions that can be taken to combat climate changes. As a result, the growth of clean energy will likely be one of the major economic engines of the coming decade.

Chapter One. Introduction and overview Part 1. Laws governing efficiency, renewables, and siting. Chapter Two. Federal energy efficiency and conservation laws Chapter Three. State and municipal energy efficiency laws Chapter Four. Renewable mandates and goals Chapter Five. Facility siting and permitting Part 2. Financing, pricing, and taxation. Chapter Six. Government purchasing of efficient products and renewable energy Chapter Seven. Taxation Chapter Eight. Government nontax incentives for clean energy Chapter Nine. Sale of electricity Chapter Ten. Financing structures and transactions Part 3. Energy use sectors. Chapter Eleven. Conservation of energy in agriculture and forestry Chapter Twelve. Appliances, lighting, computers, data centers, and computer servers Chapter Thirteen. Buildings Chapter Fourteen. Motor vehicles and transportation Chapter Fifteen. Distributed generation Part 4. Renewable energy sources. Chapter Sixteen. Wind Chapter Seventeen. Solar Chapter Eighteen. Geothermal resources Chapter Ninteen. Biofuels Chapter Twenty. Hydropower Chapter Twenty-One. Tides, waves, and ocean currents Chapter Twnety-Two. Energy transmission and storage Appendix : State actions on clean energy : a fifty-state survey. Talbe of Cases Index